If you're a beauty lover, you will know that L.A Girl is an American beauty brand and their products can be a little hard to buy if you're in the UK area (like myself) - so I was super happy to see that Just My Look stocked their brand.

For this collaboration they kindly sent me a few of their products to try out and review; including two HD concealers, two lipsticks, a blush/contour palette, a bronzing stick and an eyeshadow palette.

The first product I was sent was the NUDES Eyeshadow Palette which includes 12 beautiful eyeshadow shades and a duo eyeshadow brush.

The shades in this palette are a nice mix of matte and shimmer, with a beautiful dusky rose theme - I thought it reminded me of the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette and this could be a dupe!

After trying out this palette and swatching the shadows, I was amazed to see how pigmented they are. Sometimes shimmery shades can be hard to apply as not much pigment is picked up from the brush or the shade itself doesn't offer that much colour, but these eyeshadows are great quality.

The next palette I was sent was the GLOW palette, which offers two blushers, a contour shade and a highlight shade.

First of all, I really love the size of the pans as there is a lot of product to last me many many uses. And also the engraving on the the contour/blusher/highlight is super cute and a nice finish!

All of these shades are matte and have a matte finish - which may be a good or bad thing depending on the style of makeup you like to achieve.

I personally like a shimmery sort of highlight rather than a matte highlight as I like my highlighter to really 'pop' on my cheekbones.

As for the blush/contour shades, I really like them as I find matte colours easier to work with - if I want a sort of dewy makeup finish, I spritz my MAC Fix + all over my face to get rid of any powdery finish.

Lipsticks are products that I can never have too many of, especially matte lipsticks.

I was sent two lipsticks from the Matte Flat Velvet range in the shades 'Carried Away' and 'Gossip'.

Gossip - Cherry Red

Carried Away - Ice-tinged Pink

You can see how pigmented these lipsticks are and these swatches were just one simple stroke.

As these lipsticks are matte - they're not the typical matte lipstick which can look dry on your lips or emphasise on any dry patches. But whilst being matte, they have a sort of creamy moisturising quality so you're able to wear the lipsticks with comfort.

As you can see 'Carried Away' was a little too light for my skin tone and to be quite honest, it's not my type of shade that I'd wear. I have yet to find a lip combination that I can make work with this lipstick colour as I would love to wear it without looking ashy in complexion

Gossip is a beautiful ruby red shade and gives a classic feel to any makeup look.

I was so intrigued to see what this product is like as I love me some good bronzer!

This is the Velvet Bronzer Contour Stick in 'Goddess', and you simply apply it to areas on your face that you would like to bronze up and give some definition.

I really love the idea of this stick as it's just so simple and easy to use - you can apply it on the go and you don't really need any fancy brushes as you can use your finger tips to blend out the colour.

There is a slight shimmer in the product so you may have to apply a powder bronzer/contour on top if you want a sort of matte finish.

Despite this being a contour stick, I felt like it looked more like a glowy bronzer and wasn't quite dark enough to contour my face - in the swatch below you can see it against my skin tone.

Although saying that, I have used this underneath a shimmery bronzer and I absolutely love it!

This is excellent as a cream base for a powder bronzer/ powder contour product and I'd suggest trying it like that if you can't use it on its own.

Before this collaboration, I had never tried any L.A Girl products before but I'd heard so many amazing things about the Pro.Conceal HD Concealers. I've seen them in Instagram videos, YouTube videos and blog posts - so many people rave about the amazing quality of these concealers and I have to agree with them!

These concealers are fabulous at covering up dark under eye circles, pigmentation and scars. They provide amazing coverage whilst still being easy to work with and blending out - just so there are no harsh lines.

I received the shades 'Nude' and 'Natural' - with one being slightly more yellow and neutral in tone, and the other with a slight pinkish tone.

I really love the applicator on this as it's a pen style concealer. You just squeeze on the tube when you want more concealer and apply it to the back of your hand or directly onto the area you want to conceal.

I find it easier to use my finger when applying this concealer, as the warmth from my finger tips help to blend out the concealer nicely and giving a more natural finish.

You can see how pigmented and creamy these concealers are. If you're looking for budget friendly concealers that will do the job of concealing pesky under eye circles, I'd definitely recommend these concealers!

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this blog post and don't forget to check out Just My Look website for L.A Girl products - along with many other makeup and beauty brands that they stock.

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